Nude, Figure, Art and Boudoir Photography

Month: November 2017

It is very difficult to separate the artistic (fine art nude photography) of the nude from the erotic and the sexual.

When is a nude an attempt to produce a meaningful picture
and when is it merely a body displayed for erotic titillation?

Even the word artistic carries certain connotations. Many of the paintings that are now considered works of art by old masters were created for his Lordship to hang in his personal salon. In a later era it conjures up an image of a 1950s bloke in a Trilby accosting a gent with the words ‘Oy mate – want to buy some artistic postcards?’ Continue reading →